Dynamic compensator



March 23 1926. 1,578,223

M. J. WACLAW DYNAMIC coMPENsAToR 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec 1924 x I v- L I ENToR ATIORNEYS WITNESSES March 23 1926. 1,578,223

v M. J. WACLAW DYNAMIC COMPENSATOR Filed Dec. 26, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 WITNESSES f I Jllartc'w JWaCZaw.

INVENTOR' ATTORNEYS Pa e; Mar.1926. A

UNITED STATE "1,518,223 s- PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN J. wAoLA'w, or BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA.

nY'NAur Ic comrENsA'ron.

- Application filed December 26, 1924. Serial'No. 758,267.

To all whom it may concern: A

Be it known that I, MARTIN J. WAGLAW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bethlehem, in the county of Northampton and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Dynamic Compensators, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates toimprovements in power transmission mechanisms, and it consists of the constructions, arrangements herein described and claimed. An object of the invention is to provide means for adjusting a substantially constant torque of a prime mover to varying loads. 4

Another object of the invention is to adapt the principles of the compensator to uses in connection with such prime movers as an engine in a motor vehicle, alternating cur- -rent induction motors, speed reduction mechanism for steam turbines, etc.

-Other objectsand advantages appear inthe following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1, is a diagram illustrating one type of race by means of which theprinciples of theinvention may possibly be .carried' out, I

Figure 2, is a diagram illustratinganother type of race for thesame purpose,

Figure 3, is a cross seotionon the line 33 of Figure 4' illustrating a structure by 'means of which the invention is demonstrated, the race being in the shape 'ofthe preferred ellipse,

Figure 4, is a compensator,

Figure 5, is a detail section of one of the slidable weights and the as'sociatedset of" rollers.

-As previously stated, it is a purpose of the invention to provide a mechanism by means of"whichthesubstantially uniform torque of a prime mover is adjusted or adapted to varying loads. The need for a mecha? nism of such characteristic is daily apparout. The internal combustion motor of the familiar automobile is capable of delivering power ata substantially uniform torque, but 'in order that the motor may be adaptable'to the needs of the automobile it is necessary to interpose speed-change or transmission gear ing between shaft. l A

.This necessitates complicated machinery .-and the -mastery of a drivingtechnique by the motor and the transmission combinations and scribed by placed together to produce a symmetrical- 'must be regarded as a race upon which rollers 3 are being driven.

longitudinal section of thothe operator. current induction motors it is desirable to obtain the speed-torque characteristic of a series motor. Speed reducing mechanisms are necessary in innumerable applications of power, and it is the purpose of this invention to supply the latter demand and to meet a the preceding problems. In the case of slow speed prime movers it may be necessary to interpose a gear train between the prime mover and dynamic compensator.

It has been found that if an object rotates with uniform angular velocity about a fixed point which does not coincidewith its center of gravity, and is free to travel along its radius vector, then this object will describe a certain curve which can be readily derived mathematically.

In Figure. 1, two such curves 1 and 2, de-

half revolutions, are shown figure." These curves.

Assuming the driving force as being that of clockwise rotation it is quickly seen that the In the case of alternating left hand race 1 will be entirely free from pressure, dueto the action of centrifugal force upon the'rollers, while the right hand race 2 will be subjected to a force equal to twicepthe centrifugal force at any given point of contact with the race. This will be readily understood considering thatthe rollers in addition to rotation about the axis of the shaft (see-shaft 11, Fig. 4:) are being accelerated toward said axis; this, due to the form of the races, is numerically equal'tothe centripedal acceleration due to the rotation about the axis. It isto be noted that in certain quarters of rot'ation'the rollers are accelerated away from and in others-toward the aXis, in the former anddoubling the centrifugal force in the latter.

These forces resolvedinto components will produce a turning movement or torque about neutralizing. the centrifugal force the axis of the race coinciding with theaxis'-' of the driving frameby which the rollers are presumably carried. "In this mechanism resultant torque is proportional to the mass of rollers'or weights (as develops later) and the square of the relative angular velocity between the driving frame and race; race represents the driven element.

. Assuming a constant'angular velocity of 'a prime mover connected to a driving frame of the rollers 3, then any change-of load W111 x grooves 30 received by and movable in a slot' cause. a corresponding change in relativev angularvelocity resulting in a change of 4 (Fig. 2) eccentrically located as at 5 with respect to a driving frame, but rotating about a common axis. I

The curves illustrated inFigures 1 and 2 are useful in elucidating the principles of the invention, but are objectionable in practice on account of lackin in dynamic bal-' ,ance. An ellipse is regar ed as best adapted for practical purposes, and the race or races in the mechanical reduction of the invention in Figs. 3 to 5 are elliptical in shape.

. In carrying outv the invention provision is made of a base 6 of suitable design and proportions, having apair of standards 7 and 8' which terminatev in bearings 9 and 10. The

mechanism is herein known as a dynamic compensator due to its aqualitiesof adjusting movable forces which under certain circumstances would be undesirably variable.

, The drive shaft 11 of the compensator has I a suitable'disk, 12 with which the-corresponding disk 13 of a pfiime mover is permanently connected. e prime .mover is not shown, but the disk 13 must be regarded as representative thereof. This shaft turns in internal bearingsleeves 14. These are fastened in the combined tubular extension and bearing sleeve'15 or the casing 16.

This casing. is composed of halves. or sections 17 and 18, suitably-bolted together at 19. The bearing sleeve turns in a bushing 20 carried by the bearing 9. The rotation of the casing 16 is in a measure independent of the drive shaft 11, although driving motion is derived therefrom.

Formed in the confronting faces of large counter bores 21 and 22 in the; casing sections 17 and 18 are-elliptical races 23 and 24.. These are occupied by rollers 25 and 26 journalled upon the trunnions 27 and 28 of slidable weights 29. Gne of the weights, and

associated ,parts,j.is shown in detail in Fig.-

5fandall othersare the same.

"The weight 29 has para'llel'and opposite 31 (of which thereis a plurality) in the disk 32.1 This disk isi arried-andfrotated by the shaft 11 upon which it is mounted. The shaft has a reduction 33 providing a 'shouldenagainst which the. washer 34; is i clamped by the nut 35 of the threaded part of the reduction. The section18, has a small 'counterbore 36 to make room for the nut.

to be driven.

including elliptical .by said weights actuated in said driven element composed was .Astub shaft 37, made-.integral with the. e if leftsection 18 completes the. sup oi't of the casing 16. This shaft turns in t e bushing 38 of the bearing 10.. The shaft carries a plate 39 to which may be coupleda machine The operation is readily understood from the following additional description: It will be noted that when the disk 32,.appropriate- 1y termed the driving element, rotates, the weights 2 9,,will alternately slide toward and away from the axis of. rotation,i. e; the shafts 11 and 37 causing the exertion of variable forces upon the elliptical races 23 and24. .J i

These forces are resultant of centrifugal force and reaction forcescausing-an acceler ation of motion of the weights along the slots 31. l The ultimate turning movement or so is proportional'to the load within certain limits, to y the mass of the weights 29 and to the square of speed of the driving element.

It is to be understood that'the introduction of ball bearings, oilingsystem, and other adjuncts necessary to a mechanism of this kind, will not change arrangement of the compensator isthat of a generally preferred form, obviously, modifications and-changesmay be made-without departin'gfrom, the, spirit of the invention or scope of the claims. v

.Iclahnz: i Q' l. Afdevice of the character described comprismg a driving elementhaving radial slots, a driven element ently of said driving element beingar ranged to house the driving element, eccentric races races. in said driven element confronting said driving" element, weights slidable in said slots when the drivingelement is rotated, and rollers carried eccentric races to rotatesaid driven element.

2. A device of the characterdescribed; comprising a driving shaft, a radially slob ted driving" disk carried by said, shaft, a v of. ..-count erb ored sections-housing the driving "disk, ielli tical' races in thecounterboredgsections, s otted weights slidable in the slots of the disk, trunthe principles above declared- While the construction and rotatable. independnions extendifigfrom said: weights, rollers carriedby the trunnions being operable in saidraces, andmeans on the trunnions to 

